Revised Code of Washington
2023 Archive

Chapter 41.50 RCW
DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
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41.50.005Policy and intent.
41.50.010Definitions.
41.50.020Department of retirement systems—Created—Director.
41.50.030Transfer of powers, duties, and functions of certain systems, administrators, and committees to department of retirement systems.
41.50.033Crediting interest to retirement system accounts.
41.50.040Manner of selection and terms of transferred board members not affected.
41.50.050Powers, duties, and functions of director.
41.50.055Director of retirement systems to administer Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system—Duties.
41.50.060Delegation of powers, duties, and functions—Director's responsibilities.
41.50.065Accumulated service credit—Annual notification to members.
41.50.070Personnel.
41.50.075Funds established.
41.50.077State treasurer is custodian of funds.
41.50.080Investment of funds of various systems.
41.50.085Investments in accordance with established standards.
41.50.088Duties of director—Retirement investments.
41.50.090Department succeeds to and vested with transferred powers, duties, and functions—Boards to be kept informed—Approval of rules—Disability benefit applications.
41.50.110Expenses of administration paid from department of retirement systems expense fund—Administrative expense fee.
41.50.112Report of member data—Department-designed format.
41.50.120Payment of moneys due department by employers—Interest.
41.50.125Interest on contributions—Department may charge.
41.50.130Correction of retirement systems' records—Adjustment in payment of benefits—Limitations.
41.50.131Correction of errors in reporting compensation earnable.
41.50.132Correction of erroneous deduction or pickup of contributions.
41.50.133Recovery of certain overpayments to surviving beneficiaries under the teachers' retirement system.
41.50.135Collection of overpayments—Determination of liability—Administrative process created.
41.50.136Collection of overpayments—Issuance of warrant—Lien.
41.50.137Collection of overpayments—Department may issue subpoenas.
41.50.138Collection of overpayments—Waiver of overpayment.
41.50.139Retirement status reports—Overpayments—Employer obligations.
41.50.140Cooperation of employers in administration of systems—Employer contributions for retroactive service credit—Employee contributions paid by employer.
41.50.145Plan 3—Loss of investment return due to error—Liability.
41.50.150Retirement benefits based on excess compensation—Employer liable for extra retirement costs.
41.50.152Payment of excess compensation—Public notice requirements.
41.50.155Erroneous withdrawals of contributions—Restoration.
41.50.160Restoration of withdrawn contributions.
41.50.165Establishing, restoring service credit—Conditions.
41.50.170Notification of restoration rights.
41.50.175Adoption of rules.
41.50.180Inactive accounts—Identification, closing, and refund.
41.50.200Subdivision of retirement system funds.
41.50.205Records—Teachers' retirement system annual report.
41.50.210Medical director.
41.50.215Teachers' retirement system funds—Annual interest to be credited.
41.50.220Trustees, employees not to guarantee loans.
41.50.230Employer reports to department.
41.50.235Teachers' retirement system salary deductions.
41.50.240Duties of payroll officer.
41.50.255Payment of legal and medical expenses of retirement systems.
41.50.260Public employees' retirement system funds created.
41.50.265Public employees' retirement system funds—Report of the state treasurer—Members may receive reports and statements.
41.50.270Transmittal of total of public employees' retirement system members' deductions.
41.50.280Higher education retirement plan supplemental beneficiaries—Department assumption of responsibility for making benefit payments.
41.50.290Shared work programs—Effect of employer's participation.
41.50.500Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Definitions.
41.50.510Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Remedies—Applicability.
41.50.520Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Other remedies not limited.
41.50.530Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Proceeding to enforce spousal maintenance—Venue—Jurisdiction.
41.50.540Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Notice to obligor.
41.50.550Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Withdrawal of accumulated contributions—Notice to obligee—Payment to obligee.
41.50.560Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Petition for order.
41.50.570Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Issuance of order.
41.50.580Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Order—Contents.
41.50.590Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Order—Form.
41.50.600Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Duties of department.
41.50.610Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Order—Answer—Form.
41.50.620Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Order—Service.
41.50.630Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Hearing to quash, modify, or terminate order.
41.50.640Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Award of costs to prevailing party.
41.50.650Payments pursuant to court orders entered under prior law.
41.50.660Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Rules.
41.50.670Property division obligations—Direct payments pursuant to court order.
41.50.680Property division obligations—Processing fee.
41.50.690Property division obligations—Obligee entitled to statement of obligor's retirement benefits—When.
41.50.700Property division obligations—Cessation upon death of obligee or obligor—Payment treated as deduction from member's periodic retirement payment.
41.50.710Property division obligations—Remedies exclusive—Payment pursuant to court order defense against claims.
41.50.720Payment of benefits—Restraining orders.
41.50.730Retirement or termination agreement payments—Effect on pension benefits calculation.
41.50.740Retirement or termination agreement payments—Opportunity to change payment options.
41.50.750Retirement or termination agreement payments—Overpayments not required to be repaid.
41.50.760Cost-of-living adjustments—Alternative calculation—Election.
41.50.770Deferred compensation plans.
41.50.780Deferred compensation principal and administrative accounts created—Participation in deferred compensation plans—Department's duties.
41.50.785Money-purchase retirement savings principal and administrative accounts created—Participation in money-purchase retirement savings plans—Department's duties.
41.50.790Survivor benefits—Dissolution orders.
41.50.800Apportionment of budgeted funds of affected agencies.
41.50.801Continuation of rules, pending business, contracts, investments, etc.
41.50.802Transfer of reports, documents, etc., property, funds, assets, appropriations, etc.
41.50.803Savings.
41.50.810Blind mailings to retirees—Restrictions.
41.50.901Effective date—1987 c 326.
41.50.902Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
NOTES:
Director of retirement systems may obtain physician's certificate relating to the ability of an individual with a disability to drive a motor vehicle: RCW 46.20.041.
Investment activities of state investment board, reports sent to: RCW 43.33A.150.
Investment board, director of retirement systems member of: RCW 43.33A.020.
Judicial retirement—Investment for supplemental retirement: RCW 2.14.080.
Judicial retirement board, director of retirement systems to exercise powers, duties, and functions of: RCW 2.10.052.
Office of state actuary: Chapter 44.44 RCW.
State patrol retirement board, director of retirement systems to exercise powers, duties, and functions of: RCW 43.43.142.